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基本 (きほん, kihon) Japanese meaning: basics | Kotomora
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何なに
事ごと
も
基き
本ほん
が
大たい
切せつ
だ
。
The basics are important in everything.
Please act according to the basic policy.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 基き 本ほん を 学まな ぶ to learn the basics of something
I attend classes to learn the basics of cooking.
基き 本ほん を 身み につける to master the basics
First, it's important to master the basics of English.
基き 本ほん に 忠ちゅう 実じつ だ to be faithful to the basics; to stick to fundamentals
His play always sticks faithfully to the fundamentals.
基き 本ほん に 立た ち 返かえ る to go back to basics
When a problem arises, you should go back to basics and think it through.
基き 本ほん 的てき な 〈 事こと 〉 a basic/fundamental ~
This is a basic rule, so please make sure to remember it.
Kanji 基 fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines Related words· 6 基礎 stresses the physical or structural foundation (like a building's base or academic grounding), while 基本 refers more to abstract principles or standard rules.
根本 points to the deep root or origin of a problem or idea, whereas 基本 simply means the basic, standard starting point.
原則 means a general principle or rule that governs cases, while 基本 is the broader notion of a fundamental or basic element.
基本 means the general 'basis' or 'fundamentals' of something, while 基調 specifically points to the underlying tone or theme that colors a whole speech, work, or policy.
Show 2 more 基本 means 'basics' or 'fundamentals' in a broad, non-technical sense, whereas ファンダメンタルズ is restricted to economic and financial analysis.
ＡＢＣ implies the absolute starting point one must learn first, whereas 基本 refers more generally to the core principles that remain important throughout study.
Word family· 74 base pay; basic salary
fundamental form; basic pattern; prototype
basic value; default value
fundamental sequence; Cauchy sequence
Written forms 基き 本ほん Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and general use.
キホン Usage <1%
Etymology From Middle Chinese-derived elements 基 (base, foundation) and 本 (origin, root). The combination has been used in Japanese to mean 'fundamental principles' since at least the Meiji period.
Show 7 more non-basic; outside the basics
monoploid number; basic chromosome number
basic statement
fundamental right; fundamental human right
fundamental law; basic law; organic law
fundamental wave; fundamental
fundamental; basic
